Dog Food Recall Is Your Dog SICK?

mary powell  says:
3 years ago

has i watch the nes about a the recalls not once have i heard them say they are sorry. they are only worried about how much money they losing after they they take there products off the shelf what about our kids how do we save them my yorkie is sick have no money to take him to the vet what can i do he is my life im sick an he helps me alot so what if you lose millions of dollars are you going to help us my baby needs help also have cats that are dong so well do you care about that i dont believe you do or you would be trying to help us take or kds to the vet we dont want your money just help the babys please mary powel

Michelle Reeves  says:
3 years ago

I had to put my yellow lab to sleep on 3/12 after she suddenly suffered from complete kidney failure. Vomiting, dry gums and lack of appetite triggered us the take her to the vet. We initially thought because of her age but the vet thought otherwise. We were feeding her the BENEFUL dry dog food.

Margot  says:
3 years ago

My Pug Max, passed away on Valentines day -

He was 8 1/2 - I knew he was a little off, But would never have put 2 and 2 together.

I had been feeding him Nutro MAX Sr. Lamb and

Rice.

Is there going to be a Class Action Suit?

AskSusanPeters  says:
3 years ago

Gravy Train is NOT on the recall list

Susan  says:
3 years ago

I hear that the recall was due to Wheat Gluten in the food. Mighty Dog in the can also has it. My dog Heidi has not eaten the Pouch food since very late last year. She also eats the Meaty Dog and Naturally Complete which contains "Corn Gluten". Do you suggest that we keep away from these two ingredients and if so could you please publish a list of suggestions?

OTIS  says:
3 years ago

I PASSED AWAY FROM MY OWNER 2/10/07 AFTER I WAS FED NUTRO MAX SMALL BITES. I WENT TO THE VET FOR ANY LITTLE ILLNESS AND I HAD ALL MY SHOTS. I ALSO WAS GROOMED ABOUT EVERY2 MONTHS. I DID FROM KIDNEY AND LIVER FAILURE. I WAS NOT EVEN TEN YRS. OLD YET. MY OWNER DID CHANGE MY DIET FROM SCIENCE TO THE NUTRO. IF YOU CAN GIVE MY OWNER ANY IFO IT WOULD BE GREAT. I THREU UP THRRSDAY NIGHT AND MY OWNER BROUGHT ME TO THE VET FRIDAY (NEXT) MORNING. HE INTURNED TOOK SOOM BLOOD AND SENT ME HOME ON OTHER FOOD. VET CALLED BACK SATURDAY (NEXT) MORNING AND SAID DIDNT LOOK GOOD KIDNEY&LIVER FAILURE, DONT LOOK GOOD. IDIED AT 3:10PM THE SAME DAY.

ruth wood  says:
3 years ago

hi, is it natural choice dog and cat foods or either from pet smart? i live in california. we feed all our animals natural choice wet and dry foods and treats. ruth

Patron de Bonsai  says:
3 years ago

is Cesar on the recalled list?

Smaug  says:
3 years ago

Name's Ed,

My boy Smaug (black lab) passed away in November of similiar symptoms, The one vet in town was out of town at the time and I called a vet in Anchorage AK and had to ship him out on a jet that evening. Sadly He didn't make it, he was 4 yrs old. I fed him a combination of Kibbles n Bits and canned Pedigree chunks. He's sorely missed.

Rosa Collier  says:
3 years ago

Yesterday we hd to take our 1year old TOY Australian Shepard to the vet with vomiting and lethargy. She has been fed Moist and Meaty and Ole Roy Rounds. She is now on medication and hopefully we caught this in time. We do offer our sympathy to all who have not been as fortunate though. Our prayers are with all of you and your pets

Val Abbott  says:
3 years ago

I am a kennel owner and breeder of Pomerainians. I have added Pedigree canned food to the dry food which is Purina Little Bites. Most of my poms have become very sick in the last month, with these symtems. Only because I have been raising dogs for 37 years, and have more knowledge than the average pet owner, was I able to save all but one. I too have large vet bills, and heart ache. I hear sad stories a lot from pet owners, and this one is uncalled for. Pets are an important part of people's lives,and in most cases, losing a pet is the same as losing any member of the family. I hope this is a wake up call to the pet food industry. The dogs who were fed another brand of dry food, and no canned food, are fine, healthy and have shown no symtoms of this kind, so I know I haven't been dealing with a virus or disease. I know it is the food. My thoughts and prayers go out to all who have lost or are losing their pet due to this.

Xyloman  says:
3 years ago

The FDA is asking those with sick or dead pets to call FDA state complaint coordinators. A list of contacts for such coordinators is available at http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/complain.h

dwayne  says:
3 years ago

my dogs have been sick lately they have always eaten iams mini chunks DRY dog food in the green bag. when they both got diarrea and our wolf hybrid also did some vomiting; my wife inspected the food and said it smelled bad. our boston even had blood in his stool. she purchased a new bag and the boston got better but our wolf hybrid remained sick and wouldnt eat. my wife purchased him iams puppy and he has slowly improved but did vomit twice yesterday. we were VERY SUSPICIOUS of the dog food 3 weeks ago before the recall but they are saying dry dog food isnt affected. we are concidering a switch after a lifetime of iams loyalty.

larry  says:
3 years ago

I looked and don't see this but does aqnyone know if pedigree is on the list?

vic  says:
3 years ago

Is there a list for safe dry dog foods? Thank you in advance.

Dorothy  says:
3 years ago

I have a Italian greyhound 12yr old. I feed him Pedigree can and Kibbles and Bits dry. A few months ago he started to urinate on the floor at night and started to act very strange. He didn't seem to bark and had blood in his stool. I did take him to the vet, but they didn't find anything in his urine. They suggested bloodwork, but he started to get better. All of the sudden last week he is starting to urinate at night again and is thirsty all the time. I know this is going to be another expensive visit to the vet. I just wonder if this is connected to this dog food recall.

angie  says:
3 years ago

I hope that pet owners are aware that the liver can be included too. How could it not be if there in poision in the system it filters out into the liver. My 3 year old dog was tested and his liver tests were high. Now on medication.

And do you only test once? How do you know iF the test could be neg today and tomorrow the test could come back positive with renal and liver disease?? What days would be safe to say "WE ARE OUT OF THE WOODS???"

THERE IS NO PROTACAL FOR THIS AND THE COMPANY IS HELPING.

Lisa  says:
3 years ago

My dog Patch is very sick... he's @ the vet and they are going to keep him over night, he may not make it... all we fed him was ALPO... i have another dog and she isnt sick like Patch and we feed her the same exact thing... i was wondering if any one else who feeds their dogs ALPO are sick... please contact me- Lisa

Iglesi89@aol.com

Jill  says:
3 years ago

I agree with Jan, that this has possibly been going on since last year, because in late September, early August my 1 year old Border Collie suddenly became sick. He would not eat for days, wouldn't / couldn't even really walk. I took him to the vet, he was running a very high temp., he was give a shot and antibiotics, he did pull through, how I thank God for that. I had been feeding him Ol' Roy can dog food. Like I said I'm not sure if this is related but it seems like it fits to me.

nicole  says:
3 years ago

I have a chocolate labrador as well as a cat. I was horrified to hear about this recall and immediately went to find out information on the recall. As a loyal Iams customer I was very upset that they had their website under construction over the week-end. I found this very upsetting. I am also concerened, though I only feed my perts dry food. Has anyone had any problems with Iams dry weight management for cats or dogs?

Susanne  says:
3 years ago

My 3 dogs began vomiting last week. I felt that it was food poisoning, possibly from getting into the trash! The spaniel mix was at the vet's for 5 days because he was losing weight rapidly and unable to hold down food. he stopped vomiting when switched to Hill's prescription canned food at the vets. She kept him for observation ($509-)

I had poured beef broth over the food to entice them. the 4 yr-old Bull-Mastiff and pug-mix continued to eat little and the bull-mastiff kept vomiting.

I just opened a new bag of "large-breed" Eukanaba dry food. When I saw the recall, I picked up the spaniel-mix from the vet ( she was confused by the symptons in the 4 1/2 yr dog.. and I made some baked chicken with minute rice. They ate it hungarily... and have kept 3 meals down and are showing signs of normalcy.

I feel that the Dry Eukanaba food should also be watched. I am absolutely certain that this food caused my very healthy pets to vomit. They have been eating it for at least 4 years resulting in nice coats and healthy active dogs. the dog food was the last thing on my mind while I spoke with the vet!

John  says:
3 years ago

Our dog died two days ago. He had ALL of the symptoms of kidney failure: decreased appetite, greatly increased water intake, increased urination, vomiting, and urination. He had some Mighty Dog in a pouch. But his normal food was dry Alpo Gravy and Mighty Dog in a can. I think all of these foods should be checked.

Sue  says:
3 years ago

I switched my 14 year old mixed breed dog to Nutro Nautral Choice Senior dry dog food a couple of months ago because of food allergy issues. On March 1st we took her to the vets because her urine was blood re. She had lost quite a bit of weight, was not eating well, and was lethargic. The vt treated her for a bladder infection and she has improved a great deal. However, I feel that the dogfood caused her problems. I refuse to feed her that food now even though the dry food has not been put on the recall list.

Melanie  says:
3 years ago

I DON'T THINK WE PET OWNERS ARE BEING TOLD THE WHOLE STORY. I BET THERE ARE A LOT MORE BRANDS AFFECTED THAN WE THINK INCLUDING DRY. MY DIABETIC DOG HAS BEEN EATING NUTRO POUCHES ALONG WITH NUTRO DRY. I STOPPED THE CONTAMINATED POUCHES BUT AM WONDERING IF I SHOULD THROW OUT HER NUTRO DRY FOOD AS WELL. THE WEBSITES FOR THESE COMPANIES DO NOT EVEN APOLOGIZE IN A LETTER TO SAY THEY ARE SORRY AND ADDRESS EVERYONES CONCERNS. THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE OR AT THE VERY LEAST LET US KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

Gloria  says:
3 years ago

My 2 dogs have been sick for 3 weeks. I had been feeding my younger dog the Iams Mini Chunks Dry Dogfood and my older dog the Iams for mature dogs, purple bag, dry dogfood. Both dogs were sick with vomiting, and drinking alot more water. The young dog is better but the older dog is still sick. The vet thought her heart was beating so fast that she was passing out and losing control of her bladder. Now I wonder if it was the dogfood. I think the dry dogfood is also a problem!!!

Eva Ordo   says:
3 years ago

For 4-5 years my 2 cats have been on Nutro Max cat food and some times I'd give them Champion wet in the morning. One of the cats kept vomiting and after over $1,000.00 and a Barium Study the vet could not figure out why the one kept vomiting. I put her to sleep June 2006 because she got a tumor either near the kidney or liver area.

I now have a new cat and the new cat that has been on DRY Nutro for 6 months has vomited several times in the past 3 months including once today.

I got a large dog 2 years ago and she has been on Nutro for large adults and when I put her on Nutro with Glucosamine and Condition she began to vomit and eat grass and vomit then too. She'd puke up all her food or yellow stuff...it varied. She became lethargic and lost her appetite. She pee'd in the house mid January for the FIRST time and she did it infront of me! I switched to Beneful thinking the Glucosamine condition was making her sick and since the Beneful is like junk food/candy I figured she'd eat it and it did bring back her appetite. After she finished the big bag of Beneful I put her back on Nutro Glucosamine condition and she became lethargic and she urinated in the house for the second time a few days ago!

I took her to the vet and she did bloodwork and found my dog to be healthy. My dog doesn't seem healthy...she is lethargic! I even had her tested for Lyme disease. Everything came back negative. I'm returning the Beneful for a refund and the cats and dog are TOTALLY off Nutro dry products since they posted recalls for wet. It just didn't make ANY sense to me that ONLY the wet is contaminated and not the dry as the SAME ingredients are being used in both AND....AND...according to the FDA there is NO ANSWER as to whether it is the wheat glutton or not...they are just GUESSING. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT IT IS THE WHEAT GLUTTON...IT IS JUST AN ASSUMPTION.

I bought some very expensive pet food for the 2 cats and the dog made by "The Blue Buffalo Co." which is holistic healthy food however after 24 hours one of the cats puked. I don't know what to do. Continue on the Blue buffalo Co. food or begin to cook for them. I already know the answer. I love my pets so I'm cooking starting tomorrow.

If some of you people reading or posting cannot afford to get tests for your pets...ASK your vet if they'll take monthly payments. If not, call around to find one that will! I also believe that these blood and/or urine sample tests will be paid for eventually by Menu Foods co. or the brand names even if they were inconclusive. I am seeing that a lot of people LIKE MYSELF are getting test results with no findings or results. These should be covered as well. They do tests on the show "HOUSE" all the time that are inconclusive...until the end of the show when the last test shows the disorder, disease or poisoning. Our pets are vomiting and the vets don't know why. When it's too late...their kidneys or livers fail and the pets die but they don't know why this is happening. While I was at the veterinarians a lady I talked to told me that the vet told her that her 6 month old boxer had a "sensitive" stomach and she was to switch from IAMS to something else!

I'm glad I found this site cause I thought Purina was safe as in not having any recalls.

I used to feed an old dog boiled chicken, brown rice, cottage cheese and peas. It's late and I'm going to look for recipes for cats and dogs tomorrow that I can cook for them. I'll post the recipes in a day or two.

Call the FDA Federal Drug Administration. 1-888-463-6332 and talk to them or leave a message. Also, the FDA rep for Philadelphia Pa's phone number is 215-597-9064.

I would also like to recommend that EVERYONE that comes to this bulletin board to PLEASE email the link to this bulletin board to your veterinarian, the local newspaper and television stations. Tell them your story but ask them to read everyone else's posted here. I gaurantee you they will broadcast our concerns. I was on the news 3 days ago telling people that I thought the dry should be recalled. Next day Good Morning America was voicing the same opinion. Now I see people from everywhere making postings that they are having problems on the DRY pet food as well! People need to HEAR that there are others out there loosing their pets to DRY and not just to the wet recalled foods. Also, that though the pets are vomitting or lethargic that test results are showing nothing until it is too late.

Our voices need to be heard, our baby's lives are at stake...contact your local news agencies so that veterinarians could be better informed as well as the public.

Sincerely,Eva Ordo

Kris from Oklahoma  says:
3 years ago

I just wanted to say one more thng, I had my dog checked at the vet........no bloodwork, as it didnt occur to me and the vet had no idea why she would be having diareah and blood in it. Anyhow, I'm going back to cooking for my dogs as of the morning tomorrow, already thawing the chicken to cook. I'm not taking any chances. I also put in an order for Flint River Ranch food (homemade dog food)

Kris

Kris in Oklahoma  says:
3 years ago

JUST IN ON YAHOO

ALBANY, N.Y. - Rat poison was found in the pet food suspected of causing kidney failure that killed at least 16 cats and dogs, but scientists still don't know how it got there, state officials said Friday.

You can read the whole article on www.yahoo.com

Kris

Amy  says:
3 years ago

MY 4-year old dog, Charo, became ill with similar symptoms, throwing up & lethargic, on March 3. Playing one minute, vomiting the next. She went outside after throwing up and after 10 minutes we found her lying on the ice, barely breathing gray tounge. She ate 1lb of trail mix stolen out of my suitcase the day before, so we thought this was the cause - we hadn't heard about the recall. We rushed her to the emergency vet where she threw up and defecated blood. The vet kept asking us if she could have been exposed to rat poision. Here kidney tests were OK, but her liver tests were off the charts and she was having problems with her clotting times. Vet was perplexed,and still thought she may have had rat poison. She had fluid IVs, two plasma transfusions and stayed at the ER for 3 days. She made it through all this and it took about 1 week for her to get back to about 80% of normal. We normally feed our two dogs a mix of Bench & Field dry plus Trader Joe's canned. Charo is the smaller of the two dogs at 20lbs; Louie is 60lbs. Occassionally, we will feed Alpo canned when we run low, which might have been the case around the time Charo got sick. Aside from the trail mix (which I'm fairly certain Charo would not have shared) both dogs eat the same food, just different quantities.

anna owen  says:
3 years ago

I just recently wrote to you about my dog and eating mighty dog, he was also eating Cesar dog food, and forgot to mention his increased water intake and constantly wanting to go out to urinate, I feel they should check into this dog food also, as I said before my dog will not eat canned food again, I will be feeding him people food, chicken, turkey etc.

Cheryl  says:
3 years ago

Yes Brenda, read my post #58, my dog died.

mary  says:
3 years ago

My dogs did better today after I gave them Vitamin B group Folic Acid the poison takes this out of their system. This is a very dangerous chemical our pets may have fed our pets. tPlease lookhe MSDS sheet for AMINOPTERIN it is notb allowed in the US but for sale on the internet in Canada.

shell  says:
3 years ago

On Mar 2, 2007 we returned from a week long trip to find my baby girl dead in her kennel bed. She was laying in her normal sleeping position, she had a pool of blood that had come out of her nose with no signs of any injury. She was still warm and we did not know what to do so we put the kennel and her in the truck with me riding with her crying out my "I am sorry for leaving you.....s" in hope that maybe somehow the vet could help her, not knowing for sure she was gone (mostly in disbelief). The Dr. confirmed she was gone and said he did not know what from, maybe something internal in her sleep like a heart attack etc...He said we could drive her to a main city for an autopsy or bury her in our yard as he has done with his beloved pets. She has a pretty flower area memorial with a pedastal birdbath with an angel watching over. I have left her collar with tags, one that states (my family loves me please call... and the other her pet insurance tag) sitting in the bowl. I miss her very much. She was a very loved Rotti 5 years old in good health as far as we knew. She was fine the night before as far as our house sitter knew. Since then our 4 year old choc lab has been very sick no appetite, fever, vomiting eating lots of grass throwing up yellow bile etc. The vet thought it was a flu bug so treated it as such with meds. She has continually gotten worse and as of Fri. she has had a complete workup, blood, xrays, etc. All the tests are not in yet but the only thing they found so far is elevated liver counts. Dr. has put her on a liver med, also antibiotic and a prednisone to boost her appetite. She is eating again (2nd day) but is very weak. I am only feeding home made food to her, rice, meat, veggie and cottage cheese. Nothing else seems safe. I had been feeding them Kirkland chicken, rice, and vegetable formula dry with kirkland canned food with some extra people food for approx 3 mo. after the vet suggested I change foods (because of a skin irritation back in Nov) I switched from lamb and rice nutro (green bag) from Costco which I had used for years until they stopped carrying it. With one dead and another very ill I just had to post this after crying reading all the other posts. I know we have not heard the whole truth on this and now believe the food I was feeding them must have something to do with my poor girls sudden death and the sickness of her very sad and sick sister!! My heart goes out to you all!!

Lisa  says:
3 years ago

I am so sorry to hear about the sick pets and all the SAD deaths.... I truly feel your loss.

I have 2 Bichions I have feed them the Nutro Natural choice Lamb and RICE both canned and Dry. and Merrick canned food.IS MERRICK ON THE RECALL LIST? Grammy's pot pie and Thanksgiving dinner cans (I could not find it).

My dogs are not "sick" but they seem a bit off. They have been wanting to eat grass the last few days.

Can anyone PLEASE Help with what type of dry and wet foods would be good. I have been giving them the NUTRO Dry food with Real roasted chicken and some chicken soup mixed into it for the last few week or so.

I Just got Got Some WELLNES cans to try. I am not sure if the Nutro Naturals DRY LAMB AND RICE FORMULA is safe!!!!! I think it may be bad too. I need to know what to do.... Please add any insite to keeping our pets eating safe foods and having a healthy diet.

Any dry food recomendations in stead of what I had been feeding them. I am switching to a safe MFGR of DRY. Please advise.

Thanks

L

Shane  says:
3 years ago

My 8 year old black lab, Blue, had to go to the vet on Mar. 9th after I woke to him vomiting and defacating blood! Totally lathargic and barely hanging on. He had to have plasma administered and stayed in the hospital for treatment of what they suspected was rat poison for 4 days to the tune of $3600.00. We are lucky to have him alive!!! He was eating Nutro Natural Choice Adult wieght control. This is BullS*!t we need to get organized and make this company pay!! Not even an apology yet?!?!!? WHY IS THIS BEING KEPT QUIET?????

Teresa Rabalais  says:
3 years ago

I have been feeding my two dogs Iams mini chunks mixed with Alpo beef cuts in gravy for at least 3 years. On February 1, Malek, our 7 yr old lab refused to eat and began vomiting a foamy liquid. Feb 2 I fed him raw ground beef and he ate it, Feb 3 he refused to eat the ground beef or anything else. He drank water constantly, continued to vomit, urinated frequently and his urine was very dark in color, he became lathargic, had trouble walking, and whined a lot. I first took him to see our vet on Feb 3. Symptoms were: refused to eat, vomiting, excessive thirst, etc. The Vet gave him a shot of B12 & took blood sample and we got results two days later. He was in bad shape...kidney and liver failure. We took Malek to the vet every single day for a shot and check up until on February 10 (my birthday) he was so bad we thought he may need help with the pain. We took him to a 24 hr. emergency clinic where he was put in an oxygen room, put on an IV, and attempted to be made comfortable. He was only there an hour before he died. We never suspected the food, but now must wonder. Until two days ago and serious thought I was still feeding our Cocker the Iams mini chunks and Alpo cuts with gravy because they are not on the recall list. I took him off the Alpo first and now I am so worried about the Iams that I don't want to feed him that either. He has been vomiting some all along just like Malek did. It just didn't register that it probably has to be the food.

Linda  says:
3 years ago

JILL, I  USE IAM'S DRY dogfood for my rott.  He had exibited symptoms of nausea and vomiting with extreme malaise and hind legs weak and uncordinated, excessive thirst, urinated in his bed at night. He could not get up and had to carry him to the car.  The Vet told me 4 weeks ago that it looked like renal failure, or could be viral.  I mentioned it sure seemed like poison not knowing then of the recall.  The Vet sent him home with a shot for the nausea and antibiotics. After a week he got better but became ill again after a week off the antibiotics.  We are on the third round of antibiotics and feeding him home made ground chicken and rice.  It has been a roller coaster event.  I DO NOT TRUST IAMS DRY FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!  This was soley his diet!!!  IAMS DRY FOOD!  PLEASE someone test this too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Are the companies afraid they will loose everything?      Linda

missing my girl  says:
3 years ago

Just for anyone who may be keeping track. Our Golden died suddenly Saturday. Friday afternoon we went out walking,later she was in the yard with our other Golden when I left with our children for a swim meet. Saturday AM when our neighbor came to feed the dogs she found her dead on the lawn. She has been eating Beneful dry kibble from Costco in California for about a year. I am very suspect of recall only addressing wet and pouched foods, as fillers are also in kibbles. Any recommendations for a new dry food for our other Goldengirl? As I see from various web sites Beneful has been mentioned by others and we will be switching. Missing my girl. Hugs to all who have lost a great buddy.

Suspicious of Dry Nutro Max from 2006  says:
3 years ago

Oh friends, how I empathize with those who have lost pets or are struggling along side them now. I am visiting this forum because, I, too have to wonder whether Nutro Max dry dog food may be what compromised or ultimately killed the love of my life last summer, my ten year old border collie. He had thrived for years on Nutro Max High Energy, but quite suddenly in May 2006, he just inexpelicably lost his appetite. He would take his dry food only after I mixed it with something else. Then other symptoms that seemed at first to be transient cropped up, like discoordination, a drippy nose, a low grade fever - all things that came and went and didn't seem problematic in and of themselves. But by mid summer he was limping, greying, and doing the things other posts here have described - taking in extra water, chewing grass and even eating soil, going out to the yard over and over again. I kept taking him to his vet - she first misdiagnosed him as simply having Lyme disease, but having not done the titer (more thorough) test, I believe she was just seeing antibodies from an infection my boy had successfully resisted three years prior. She should have looked harder. There was a lump on his back, and a few days later, more lumps started to appear. I kept calling back as he wasn't was responding to the antibiotics she prescribed for him.

Finally, she took an X-ray and said cancer was all through his body. I'm no vet, but once upon a time I did spend a few years in a lab coat getting a bio degree, and I have to ask - can prolonged expsoure to a toxin such as aminopterin in the digestive system respond with lesions that are cancer-like in appearance? Sadly, of course, we lose many great friends to cancer, and often on short notice. But the coincidence of my dog having eaten NutroMax dry for years, and the sudden onset of abnormalities beginning with the appetitie in mid-2006, really makes me question how a vibrant, strapping, hearty border collie - one who was given a clean bill of health in a dental cleaning - can go from swimming in grade four rapids one month to not being able to stand the next.

God knows I mourn my baby every single day. He was a brilliant dog that never needed any training, even though he came right off the streets - he was a gift, a guardian angel. May the Lord forigve me if I hurt him!

God bless all.

Eva Ordo  says:
3 years ago

Dear Suspicious of Dry Nutro Max from 2006 -- Comment #79.

Please read my comment #53 and the one I posted a few minutes after you posted yours. The beginning of #53 states that I put my cat to sleep in June 2006 and I too had a similar experience as you with Nutro Dry. I thought the tumor she got was part of life at the age of 9, her mother just died a few months before her at the age of 10 from breast cancer. Her daughter was vomitting for a year and the vet couldn't figure it out.

Please report your story to the FDA.

Thankyou for posting and letting others know that toxins could cause tumors over a period of time. Hmmm, toxins....cigarettes...cancer tumors...duh! F@#$%ng Nutro I hate them for using grains from China that were contaminated. Menu Foods manufactured the USA rat poisoned foods but if you did a search for Nutro Dry rat posoin you'd find a different manufacturer for NUTRO bastards had a recall of DRY pet foods in the oriental countires including China. Not Menu foods, but another manufacturer...so in 2004 Nutro KNEW that there were ISSUES with grain from CHINA! I will post on this later...I have to go to work now.

MORE needs to be done...CALL THE FDA!

Sincerely,

Eva

Cathy Shugart  says:
3 years ago

I Dog is 13 years old and is diebetic and blind. She loves ol'roy dinner rounds. Can anyone tell me about these? Shes not feeling good at all.

Eric  says:
3 years ago

Does anyone know if ALPO and Kibbles N Bits are on the list? THANKS!

Cindi  says:
3 years ago

We feed our dogs nutro natural lamb and rice small bites. The first time our female became sick she just wouldn't eat for a day and a half and the she seemed ok. Our oldest male got sick and couldn't walk straight; he was vomiting but his blood work also looked ok. They thought it was his back because he had disk problems on his xray. THEN my smallest Boston got really sick...diarrhea and walking sideways also. It's like their bottom half of their body is really drunk or stiff. He stayed at the vet and recieved IV fluids and antibiotics but was feeling great when he came home. Tonight I am sitting here writing this in the middle of the night because the smallest one has bad water diarhhea again....and it has that same sick smell. I'm really scared after reading all these post. I bought this food after doing months of research because I wanted my dogs to have the best! I am very angry!!! My guys blood work so far has been ok but something is definitely going on. There is a common denominator when generally healthy animals all of a sudden are getting really sick with the same symptoms!!!!

NUTRO DRY RECALL OVERSEAS?  says:
3 years ago

Eva, or anyone, please post more information on the rumored recall of Nutro Max dry foods overseas in recent years!

Susanne  says:
3 years ago

On Mar 24 PETA.org requested that all menu/ related dry foods be recalled and tested due to the many pets with similar illness after eating said food. Today is the 29th...

I left a msg for the FDA today.

I have posted twice.. 43 and 74.

Diego has been home since last tues from his vet-stay. He's still holding down home-cooking. But is lethathargic and still not the same dog as before eating from the new bag of Eukanaba lg-breed dry food.

Hopefully more people will call the FDA which might force a recall and testing.

Susanne Henry  says:
3 years ago

My baby Magic was a healthy happy 14 year old dog who was fed Iams pouches and began to throw up yellow bile and foam. She would drink what seemed to be gallons of water and would pant heavily. She wasted away to skin and bones and each of the three animal hospitals I took her to performed all these tests that came up inconclusive. I watched my dog suffer and I am just sick over this. I will never feed any of my future animals any store bought pet food again. I will take the time to feed them FDA regulated human food so I will not have to see another pet die so miserably again!!!!

I miss that special little girl and wish that I could take the pain of her last months on earth away.

Doug & Pauline Hubman  says:
3 years ago

Is Purina Healthy Morsels dry dog food on the list?

DRY FOOD CONTAMINATED  says:
3 years ago

Here's the link to the USAToday article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-30-pet

missing my girl  says:
3 years ago

Take a look at this Reuters article regarding Menu Foods last press release, apparently as far back as March 6 they were aware of a contaniment problem with Chinese grain supplier ( and probably much earlier to break that kind of contract, find another source to be able to keep production up, shipping, etc.). Why was the recall put in place only last week. They waited to see what outcome would be and for public outcry and sadly, needdless loss of our beloved pets. Shameful.

Here is excerpt from article

TORONTO, March 30 (Reuters) - Menu Foods Income Fund <MEW_u.TO> said it is no longer using the Chinese company that supplied tainted wheat gluten after the chemical melamine was detected on Friday in the pet food at the center of a massive recall.

The company discontinued using the supplier on Mar. 6, and food manufactured after that date is safe, Paul Henderson, Menu Foods' president and chief executive, told reporters at a press conference in Toronto.

Shameful, shameful ..............please put a call into your local FDA.

FORD PINTO  says:
3 years ago

Back in the seventies, Ford Motor Co. had ample evidence that the mounting of the gas tank in the rear of their Pinto model was hazardous - that is, was prone to explode upon impact, which was a scenario that should be assumed for an automobile. This design flaw was causing fatalities and horrific disfigurements, and Ford was totally aware - but their lawyers got together and figured out that it would actually cost less to settle a few law suits than it would to halt production and re-design the Pinto. So they kept selling Pintos, even though they knew their product was defective. Other legal minds have likened this to wholesale murder. We should expect the same from any corporation, including Menu Foods. It's clear where their priorities are - just consider the fact that all this time when they've been posting the link for the list of recalled foods, you will see the many contaminated brands listed on the web site for "Menu Foods Income Fund".

Scrooge and Gordon Gecko are making our pet food.

shell  says:
3 years ago

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Mar30/0,4670,PetF

I hope this link is helpful to someone

PLEASE EVERYONE READ THE LATEST NEWS STORY TO INCLUDE THE *** FIRST DRY FOOD RECALLED***

Ref post #67, #72, #76. I am still feeding homemade people food to my sick girl, she is doing a little better but still very weak.

Ruthie Cross  says:
3 years ago

I use purina kibbles and bits original.. on one site it says it is.. on another I think it said it is not.. is it safe or not?? Has anyones beloved pet gotten sick with kibbles and bits?

Cheryl  says:
3 years ago

Hi Everyone

I originally posted #58 and recently called my regional FDA and told them that Purina "Alpo Prime cuts" killed my dog and that this food needed to be checked. They told me it would be. Well, this morning I learned that it is being recalled. Why did they hide the fact that they did get ingredients from Menu Foods. I knew they were hiding something. There website was saying "safe to eat", I knew this was BS. My dog was perfectly fine until it hit her. She was soo very sick.

This has me so darn mad and upset. I was buying the six packs from Walmart when Rosie became sick and died.

Cheryl

B.  says:
3 years ago

Our shepherd mix dog was fine until she began eating Purina Puppy Chow. We found her paralyzed and assumed she had had a stroke, and attributed it to her age (14 1/2). Because dry food had not been mentioned, we dismissed that as a cause.Yesterday we had to put her to sleep--a painful decision, but necessary.  She had stopped eating and drinking, her teeth were clenched, and she couldn't move without us physically turning her. Her eyes stared vacantly at us, and she began moaning in her sleep at night. I find it very hard to believe that the dry food did not contribute to her decilne. Like many others who have written in, I believe companies are not doing enough to check into this. It's a tragedy. 

Gail  says:
3 years ago

Hello, After watching the news and reading all of your comments, I'm feeling sick. We have been breeding and showing bulldogs for 15 years now. Over the years, we have fed our dogs Pedigree, Nutro, Iams, and Eukanuba. About 3 weeks ago, our dog, Rowdy, started throwing up and heaving really bad. He was sick for several days. At that time we didn't even think it was the Iams dog food, but thought it was the canine flu that has been going around in our area. I'm absoutely convinced that this so called canine flu is contaminated dog food. We aren't feeding them anything but chicken, hamburger, rice,vegetables, and turkey burger now. NO DRY FOOD AT ALL! I am so sorry for all of you that have lost your beloved pets and or had to go through the agony of seeing them sick and suffering. Gail

CN  says:
3 years ago

I feed my dog DRY Iams Mini-chunks, and I went to the Iams site, which contends that all Iams dogfood is made by a Proctor & Gamble plant - not Menu Foods. However, my dog is not quite herself and has had diarrhea the last couple of days (even going inside the house, which she NEVER does). I woke up this morning at 4:00AM and found she had another diarrhea episode in our living room. I started worrying about the food (although diarrhea is not typically listed as a symptom) and having been able to go back to sleep since. I am going to take her off the dry Iams and see if she gets better. At this point, when "SAFE"-yesterday-but-recalled-today foods as being added to the list, it seems prudent to just feed our pets "people" food. I also ran across some PETA information about how Iams practices animal cruelty in the testing of its food, and so I am unlikely to go back to using Iams. If you do use Iams or Eukanuba, you should put "Iams" and "PETA" in your search engine!

Rexella Shipman  says:
3 years ago

Hi I just wanted to let everyone out there that 3 weeks ago I fed my 13 yr. old Rott Zeus a small package of Petigree chicken and rise for adult dogs. That very night he started vomiting all over the place for 2 weeks. He became lathargic and weak. I had no idea of any recall on any dog food, so I just thought," ok, he's sick " and I pampered him and never gave him any more. He got to where he would not eat anything. He had weighed a hefty 130 pounds. I finally made a vet appointment for him , for Wednsday the 28th of March. In the wee hours of the morning on the day of his appointment, I was up with him at 1:30am. He was dieing right before me and I couldn't do a thing about it. At 4:45 my beloved son, friend, and companion died. Still not knowing about recalls, I had him cremated that day. I believe it was from the 1 pouch of Pedigree I had given him. When he died he weighed less than 100 pounds.

Mike L  says:
3 years ago

My 9 yr old english bulldog "Jake" died in my arms on March 6th. At first I wasn't sure why but then I thought about the recall. My dog also ate Pedigree but that food is not on the recall list? I don't understand, can they be hiding something? did anyone have the food tested? I still have my dogs food. any answers out there? Mikim1061@aol.com

Karyn  says:
3 years ago

We feed our 1 year old yellow lab PEDIGREE DRY FOOD. Three weeks ago we had to admit him into the hospital for severe dehydration and KIDNEY FAILURE. He was in the hospital for 4 days on a I.V. He was getting better so we brought him home. I'm thinking the only reason he was getting better is because he was not eating the dog food. Now he is home and we had him eating again. (PEDIGREE DRY FOOD). Once again he is vomiting, not able to get up, and very skinny. We have to take him back to the vet at 9:30 in the morning when they open. I pray he makes it threw the night. IS anyone else having these same symptoms with the PEDIGREE DRY DOG FOOD?

Rebecca King  says:
3 years ago

This recalled pet food has me so scared. My dog Scooter is a bassett hound and is like my baby I would be heartbroken if I Ever lost him. I have stopped feeding him any storebought food. I am now making my own dog food at least until the problems are fixed and I feel safe feeding him regular food again.

Jeff R  says:
3 years ago

I had been feeding my dog IAMS Large breed dry dog food. He became very lethargic and had lost his appetite about 3 weeks before the petfood recall. He would sit with his head in the food bowl as if he was starved, but when I would put the food in the bowl, he would sniff it and walk away. I suspected a bad bag of food, so I switched to the IAMS chunks. He ate for 2 days, then he quit eating altogether. After that the recall came out. We switched his food again to Pedigree, and his appetite returned, and he looks much happier, with alot more energy. I think all menu products should be recalled until this whole mess is cleared up.

Tina Peratt  says:
3 years ago

I lost my beloved 11-year old golden retriever, Angel after feeding a brand new bag of Beneful purchased from Costco in Lake Elsinore, CA. We had been feeding this brand for about a year. My other dog, a Visla named Bones was sick also. The illness was observed on 2/24/07 as slightly lethargic and little interest in food or water. By 2/25 Angel was not wanting to get out of bed. We had no idea he would prove to be gravely ill. He and Bones had gotten into a tangle with some coyotes on 2/23 and we just thought they were sore on the leg. By the morning of 2/26 we gathered Angel to the vet & it was immediately diagnosed as poisoning. The vet insisted that we must have had rat poinson around the ranch, we did not. Sadly, Angel was too sick to save. He was put to sleep as I held him head and told him how sorry I was. There was no announcement about a food problem so I thought it was my fault. The next morning we found our Visla, Bones almost dead. We took him in and because he wasn't as far gone or perhaps because he was younger, the vet said it's worth a try to save him. He was touch and go for a week but he made it. He was on kidney medication for 3 weeks and antibiotics for 1 week after he left the animal hospital.

I am just now finding others who are in the same sad situation after feeding dry food. Again, it was

Christine  says:
3 years ago

My 13 week old puppy Raja had been eating Nuto max wet food and the natural choice dry food from the breeder and with me. She has been changed from her food because we thought she was having a food allergy. After three weeks of food trials and explosive diarrhea, and vomiting last night -we took her to the vet today. The vet says she appears to be poisoned because her liver enzymes wouldn't even register. Her renal labs were normal. She is now on a liver prescription food and meds to help her liver. I pray we are able to help and save her. We love her dearly.

Audra Merrill  says:
3 years ago

We have recently lost a very precious companion. He name was Ranger. He was only fed Eukanuba Puppy and Diamond Puppy. He was on the Deamond Puppy when he became sick. We at first just thought he was "sad" because my husband had taken an evening job and we thought Ranger was missing him. He quit eating. He would sniff his food and act like he was going to eat it then he would walk away...After several days of this, we decided that maybe he had "dog flu". We took him to our vet. He was giving antibiotics and something for the upset stomach. Ranger still did not eat. We decided to get a 2nd opinion so took him to a differen vet that my parents use. Was tested for parvo, it was negative. Thought it might be Corona. Ruled it out. Ranger continued to throw up a yellowy, mucus, foamy puk. He was lathargic, dehydrated (although, he was drinking tons of water) but little did we know that while we were gone to work, he was puking up the water also. He became so weak he could barely walk. Ranger was an 8 month old AKC German Shepherd. He was very active until this. My husband was training him for protection. He and my husband were "best buds". He had diarrea, blood in the stools, 103 fever. I would go out and sit with him before we "admitted" him to the vet clinic. He would just lay his head on me. Now Ranger was not your average size 8 month old GS Dog. He was very big for his age. He lost 30 lbs thru all of this. The Doc had put IV's in him to help. As long as he had the IVs he seemed to be getting better. His blood clotted a lot though. We were able to take him home, but had to take the IV's. Ranger tried to eat, but when he did, (although it was very little) he began puking again. This time, it had blood in the puke. He would just look up at me like he was trying to tell me something. He broke my heart!!!!!!!! I am a christian, so I would sing praise and worship songs to him to try and comfort him. I even read my Bible to him. The Bible tells us that God cares about all of our cares....Big or Small...so I know that God cared that our beloved pet/companion was hurting and we didn't know what to do.....Our Vet kept saying that he didn't understand why he wasn't responding to the treatments. Kept saying that he acted like he had been poisoned. This is just a mild part of what our Sweet "Little" Ranger went thru. The Doc. finally decided that it was time for surgery to see if he could find something out the ex-rays were not showing. Ranger made it thru the surgery, but did not make it thru the evening. He died approx. 3 - 5 hours later. Has anyone had any bad experience using Diamond Puppy food. Please let me know....Thank you, My heart goes out to all Pet Lovers that have lost their Best Friend, Family Companion or that might be going thru this same horrid thing right this minute. If you can't afford a vet, PLEASE call and ask if you can make payments....our vet is letting us make payments. Most vets will work with you because they too have a love for animals...that is why they chose their profession. Audra

missing my girl  says:
3 years ago

FDA says it is blocking wheat gluten distributor, but reading article on msnbc (see link below) it sounds like we are only still at the tip of the ice berg.

New info concerning wheat gluten distributor and potentially new recalls this week. This article is from April 2 msnbc, this should be the link http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17915607/

It seems that this will only get worse before it gets better. This article also mentions recall for Dingo brand chicken jerky (salmonella found).

I am checking all related stories daily so that I can protect our other pets. Remember, a call to your local FDA will make them stay on top of this. They have already recieved more calls than they get all year and this is making them pay attention.

For our sweet trusting animals...........

shell  says:
3 years ago

Ref: Audra post #129

I am so sad to hear your sweet companion is gone. I am so sorry for your loss (big hugs)

I too have lost my loved companion and have one that is very sick (my husbands baby) but of course I am "the mom", we have had her since she was 5 weeks old and raised her on goats milk due to the breeder removing her to soon from the mother. We love her dearly and are very devoted to doing whatever we can after losing another so quickly!! my other posts are #67, 72, 76, 103

We loved and love our dogs, I am struggling with some of the points you brought up, we are also praying for our pets and for others and their owners. After tears for the pain and the disbelief of this whole situation I question, "what good if any can come from this"?

In saying that I would also like to say we are at this point taking a very active alternative approach in dealing with our sick girl.

We are feeding homemade meals

(after 2 weeks it gets easier) including vitamin supp. plus enzymes to help mineral absorption. Blending the foods to help her weak system digest.

Milk thistle for the liver (which is a herb) I have also been giving her colostrum to boost her immunities. along with vit c and some homeopathic remedies. I AM NOT A DOCTOR NOR DO I SUGGEST FOR ANYONE TO TREAT WITH THESE unless you consult with your vet or find a holistic vet practioner for advise. We are focusing at this later stage on helping her whole body health to be well.

Also doing research and reading, it all has been helping us so far mentally and it seems good for the situation at hand.

We are also seeking advice from holistic medicine along with conventional.

I am still working through the the whys and the what are going ons?? and on many occasions the why did this happen to my sweet girls???

Again I truly am sorry to all who are hurting and have lost their loved companions. If you have another pet keep looking for answers and what others have to say it has been very helpful for us.

Thank you to all who have shared your stories and pain, it just may help someone else, that is why I am writing this.

sally Holcomb-Wheeler  says:
3 years ago

I am trying to get info on the lawsuits being filed. Is there specific suits for specific feeds fed to specific animals?I have lost 2 cats, my mom lost her cat, I also took care of 2 kittens for a friend of mine for 1 week-end and 1 of them fell violently sick and died 3 days later.......I have one cat that was sick and fought hard and seems to have overcome the illness thouggh he is still thin. Also, sadly I feed dog and cat food canned and dry to my poultry to bring them through their winter moult and start laying again, well, I had 2 young peababies keel over and my Midnight male, usually huge and thriving has been battling to stay alive for MONTHS!! God know how many I've lost as some free range and turn up missing and I never find them.....On Christmas Eve day a ferel cat that had been eating here for a long time I believe turned on me and latched onto my arm teeth and claws for NO reason doing dreadful damage!!! He may have been sick and in pain and I was the closest thing to be annoyed at. He was captured and tested and did NOT have rabies but we can't know of other problems as he was put to death for his wickedness......How sad it is all for the sake of trying to save a couple cents per can.well, that's the condensed version of my story.Best Regards,Sally Holcomb

Susanne  says:
3 years ago

I've posted 3 other times regarding my wonderful dog, Diego. ( 43,74,and 91)

I had to make the decision to put Diego down yesterday. He was all bones, able to hold home-cooked rice and chicken and carrots down, but not able to gain weight because his kidneys and liver were shutting down. He was brave and sweet. I'm not sure how he was able to walk.. He will be severely missed. The vet says he clearly had diabetes. The fact being: He was a healthy weight, active, and sweet natured Before eating what is clearly tainted Eukanaba Dry lg-breed food. He and my BullMastiff, Oden, were vomiting at the same time for 2 weeks!! ( it didn't occur to me that it was the food ) They quit when I switched the dry food for homecooking. So , he may have had some undiagnosed illness... maybe not. He wasn't ill until eating the Eukanaba.

I know that it isn't as easy as purchasing dry food, but, I will be making home-cooked meals for my other 2 dogs . I doubt that I will ever go back to commercial food. It was a tough lesson and $750- in expenses too. I am a limo driver and don't work that much or make that much. It's been a horrible 3 weeks....signing out... sadly, Susanne

Adrian C.  says:
3 years ago

i have been reading most of these posts and trying to figure it all out. we have a year old border collie that is healthy(that we know of) and we are trying to keep it that way. i am 13 yrs old and trying to become a vet and the last thing i want is a dead dog! i am sorry for all of the devoted pet owners that have done evrything possible for their pets and still ended in tragedy. i have been all over the internet looking for food that is safe for my dog to eat, but all the pet food companies are only wanting money and don't care about lieing and saying their food is safe. if anybody could suggest anything, that would be great!!! i know about homemade dog food but i don't think i can. what really bothers me is that the news (cnn,fox,etc.) doesn't say much about it. why?????

Adrian C.

Adrian C.  says:
3 years ago

i don't know why i posted it 3 times.sry. my dad is the computer wiz, not me.

Cheryl  says:
3 years ago

Hi Adrian:

I was told by a representative (FDA) were I live that they believe as long as the canned or dry food does not contain "Wheat Glutin" is should be safe. My puppies food contains corn glutin mill which is different.

I checked into to this after losing my 4 year old dog on Feb. 26th due to this toxic food.

This is so sad! I know I am not alone in this awful mess but it has been so hard trying to accept my dog's death.

My heart goes out to all the owners who have lost a pet or now have an ill pet. I am dealing with the pain and understand what you all are going through.

Cheryl

shell  says:
3 years ago

I would just like to say there is alot of other stories and information on the other question " Pet Food Recall What About Our Dead Pets And Vet Bills "

I have posted there a few times in the last few days if anyone is interested. My posts are #90 and just today #98.

Thank you again to all who share their stories

Still looking for answers on our end.

Patti  says:
3 years ago

We have two miniature schnauzers. About three weeks ago, they both started vomiting. They were being fed Beneful and Science Diet Dry food and Pedigree canned food. They seemed to get a little better, but then the older dog (12) got violently sick again and had to be hospitalized. We picked her up, she seemed a little better, but then she started vomiting and crying, like she was in a lot of pain. My husband took her back to the vet and they gave her two shots and more medicine. She had lost about 5 pounds and is very lethargic. The vet said she has liver failure, so we don't know if she will make it or not. The younger dog is not eating very well and we have to hand feed him. He has thrown up a few times too, but seems better than the older dog. We are cooking for them and after reading this website, they will not get any more store bought dog food or treats. The vet bills are piling up and what is worse, we may lose our precious dog.

Adam T.  says:
3 years ago

I'm grieving with you all and know how you feel being there myself. Please visit this website http://www.petloss.com/poems/maingrp/rainbowb.htm called "Rainbow Bridge" that also has a pet loss chat room where pet owners who lost their best friends can talk and grieve and share their pain with each other. My prayers go out to all of you. I'm so thankful for the site above and this site too which helped me and others so much when I lost my pets, which as we all know, are our best friends. Please know that you did not intentionally feed your pet this food to poison them and that feelings of guilt is going to happen and is natural, since you are a caring and loving human being. My sister is grieving and feeling guilt as she too lost her beloved "Woogz" during this poisoned pet food recall tragedy and fed him food and he passed within 3 days of going from healthy to passing on. If this helps one of you, I've done what I could to help.

Adam T.  says:
3 years ago

The original home page for the pet loss grievance site and more information on the recall is:

http://petloss.com/

I hope this helps with your loss. Adam T.

j a  says:
3 years ago

my dog has lost massive weight in the period of two or three days. I have noticed this morning she can not event keep down her water. The only thing I could think of is that it is her dry food(eukanuba) or her jerky treats(sunshine mills).

CFO sold stock prior to pet food recall  says:
3 years ago

"CFO Mark Wiens sold 14,000 shares for $89,900 on Feb. 26 and Feb. 27. The shares are now worth about $54,000."

Full article:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070411/BUSINESS07/70411054

Carolyn  says:
3 years ago

March 25/07 - My husband and I took our 7 year old Cocker Spaniel to the Animal Emgergency Clinic after she had been throwing up during the night, drinking high volumns of water prior to being sick, labored breathing, and bloody droplets of stool through out our home. Also she refused to eat anything the next morning which is very, very unusal for a Cocker. She had been eating Nutro Natural Choice Lite Food. A full body xray revealed nothing unusual, however the blood work showed that anything relating to the liver was off the charts. After 5 days on Amoxicillin and Metronidazole, she is back to normal, but eating a diet of homemade dog food. I'm not convinced it was not the food, have not thrown out the Nutro food. The bill from the vet which was $475.39 was a small price to pay to still have our beloved dog. However, I feel that the Canadian government should regulate pet food to avoid situtations like this happening again.

http://www.merchantlaw.com/petfood.html

This is a link to a Canadian law firm launching a class action suit against Menu Foods. There is no financial obligation if you wish to join this class action or simply want more information. In the very least your case will be documented

Carmen  says:
3 years ago

Our beloved dog Porsche had to be put down on Wednesday April 4/07. She was a beautiful, healthy 9 yr old Sheltie/Huskey cross. We came home from a Spring Break trip to Disneyland to a sick dog..just happened to have bought her a new bag on Nutro Natural Choice Senior Chicken & Rice DRY shortly before we left on our trip. When we arrived home, although she was happy to see us she was not her usual self. Reluctant to eat..she had vomited up in one of our bedrooms. The first full day we were home, she hardly moved from her usual spot..very lethargic but a few times during the day she would perk up & seem ok..she also had really weird smell on her breath, not her usual dog breath..very chemically smell. This went on for a few days over the weekend and first thing Monday Apr 2, I called to get her into the vet. He did a rectal & there was blood on his glove..drew some blood to test & sent me home with some antibiotics..she threw up 3 times shortly after we arrived back home. The next morning, Tuesday, I was hoping she be feeling better - nope. The vet called later that morning - the test results were in - her kidney enzymes ,Creatinine & Phosphate levels were off the charts by 6 or 7 times higher than they should have been. All the while I kept asking if it could be the food...and he kept insisting dry food wasn't affected and there have been NO cases of sick animals from the food in Canada! Vet told me to get her in for IV treatment ASAP & that they would do another blood test in 24 hrs to see if levels went down. Her nose started to bleed while they were hooking her up onto IV. Still 3 or 4 vets I talked to, between ours and the Emergency clinic all insisted that this could have NOTHING to do with the food...they all insisted she was probably a kidney problem that had been going on for a while & then MYSTERIOUSLY presented itself acutely. The 2nd blood test results were in after 24 hrs on IV and her levels were all still high & some levels even higher - they felt that there was no hope for her - too much damage done. We poisoned her with her food - we should have suspected something because she didn't even want to eat it!At 5:15 that Wednesday evening, we had the vet administer the euthanasia...and she was gone..our beloved little Porsche...God how we miss her.....

Bobbi  says:
3 years ago

I brought my bullmastiff/rottie home when she was 7 weeks. The breeder was feeding her Nutro natural choice large puppy breed (dry). We continued to feed her the same and wouldn't you know, the very evening we brought Molly home she was urinating blood and was not feeling well. I took her to the vet the very next day and had her on antibiotics. She has now been treated for 3 bladder infections. Molly is 5 months old and at this very moment of writing this, I just took her outside because she has diarrhea and has had this for the past few days. I switch Molly's food to the Solid Gold Holistic Line because I also have a 5 month old golden retriever (Captain) and this is what the breeder was feeding him (not to mention a much better quality of food). Molly has been on this food for several weeks now and was doing fine right up til this past couple of days....where she has started having diarrhea again. I was trying to think as to what could be causing this (again) and then realized that the dogs were both given dog treats at my husbands parents house this past weekend (I believe it was some pedigree brand...). Captain has not shown any signs of illness....Molly was doing a lot better up until this past couple of days...I believe it was the dog treats and am going to confirm the brand with the inlaws later today. Captain is so much healthier than Molly and I believe her bladder infections were due to what were use to feed her.... Now they are both on Solid Gold Wolfcub large puppy breed (bison and salmon)...it has NO wheat gluten or corn gluten and all of their ingredients is sourced domestically with three exceptions: meat is from New Zealand, potato protein in Europe and tuna (for cat food) in Thailand. If anyone is interested check out their website: www.solidgoldhealth.com. In regard to Molly, I am going to monitor her this morning and if she still has her diarrhea I am going to take her to vet (who know her by name...she has been so often) speak about the food recall and have bloodwork done on her.

My condolences to everyone for their loss. Our pets are part of our familys and are loved greatly!

THE DEATH MARCH CONTINUES  says:
3 years ago

Chemical found in second pet-food ingredientNationwide recall expands to include rice protein, FDA says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18173908/

Sue  says:
3 years ago

I can't believe what I'm reading -- there have been problems with Iams Mini Chunks?  That's all our Wheaten has eaten since we got him from the breeder.  I read the ingredients on the bag and thought he was safe since there is no wheat/wheat gluten in it.  Trust me, he's eaten his very last Iam's.  (So far he's fine, thank goodness.)  My heart breaks for everyone who has lost a pet.

Robert Wilkinson  says:
3 years ago

My Dog has been getting sick very frequently with Kibbles and Bites original too. I am up here in Canada, in ontario (hamilton) and my dog usually would be full of energy, charging the food dish, and gobbling his food, now, after changing from Purina beneful to Kibbles and bits original my dog has no energy any more to do anything, he vomits at my feet after eating no more then about 1/2 a bowl of food about 20 minutes after eatting. I am getting angry at my pet, but I am starting to wonder if it's the food, and this recall is not going far enough? Is there anyone else here in Canada, who feels that we are not getting the whole story, there are many americans who are in certain states that are getting more complete lists then we are here, including more manufacturers like Diamond, etc. Please speak up and email me, I can not afford massive debt with my dog, if this doesn't get better I will have to put him down, I have already spent over 200 this month on trying different foods for my german sheppard Cosmo. Thanks for your help, write me back at rob.wilkinson@gmail.com if you have similar concerns.

shell  says:
3 years ago

still feeding only home made food with enzymes and vitamins, I dead, one very sick trying to recover,

I WILL NOT TRUST ANYTHING FOR THEM I WILL NOT EAT AT THIS POINT....................

Eydie  says:
3 years ago

I've been feeding my chi Zoey Pedigree small cruncy bite for a log while. Just opened a new bag - She ate and by last night was vomiting and has severe Diarreha. Pedigree website is insisting their food is fine. I don't believe it. I have a vet appt today at 1:00. If others are having similar issues with Pedigree, please let me know eydie99@gmail.com Thank you!

Michele  says:
3 years ago

I have 4 tiny poodles and have always fed them homemade food. Here is the recipe from my vet: ground chicken and ground beef, 4% small curd cottage cheese, 2 cups quaker oats soaked in low sodium chicken broth, peas, string beans, 2 tablespoons salmon or fish oil (health food store or break open capsules from grocery store) Mix together and make into meatballs the size of your dogs portion. Bake them at 350 until they are completely done. Freeze into bags and warm up in microwave until warm and serve. They should love it and it is all digested so there is very little waste and smell. I am so sorry for all of the pet owners who have lost pets in this mess, I hope this recipe helps.

Marylynn  says:
3 years ago

I lost my Joy on March 10, right before the recall. She had been throwing up more than usual, but acted totally normal. She ate only Iams dry and canned. She had some science diet jerky treats that week also. She was very precious,golden mix, the best part of my life. I have a family, but was closer to her. I am so devistated from this 6 weeks and no relief for the pain. I'm not sure if life will ever get better. She was only 4 and I told my 12yr old son she would see his kids be born. I am a christian and can only believe we will be together again. Now what to feed my cats... I just got them Felinade.. we got a rescue dog who came with Nutro..I will change that today. Why is this so under the rug...This is horrible that companys can get away with this. Why isn't Jeraldo or some one exposeing this??? I'm not interested in money settlement, just justice. I never would buy any food product for he that said from china, how could I have known???

Susanne  says:
3 years ago

first of all, thank you for the great recipe Michelle. It sounds like something my dogs would like.

I called the FDA about a month ago. They just called back. sounds like Congress is solid on their back for answers. I need to gather and document all my infor. They said that they will get back in touch and run tests on the Dry Eukanauba Lg Breed that killed Diego.

Please call them if your pet was ill or passed away. 909 390-7860

He also stated that they will try to get my vet bills paid. I'm not holding my breath.

I miss Diego very much

Karen  says:
3 years ago

Hello Everyone,

I have a 1 1/2 year puggle and about 5 weeks ago is when he started having symptoms. He's had bad diarrhea and was somewhat lethargic. There were 2 nights were he would dig at the door for us to let him out. I took him to the vet and they gave him antibiotics and said that he must have got into something. I guess that somewhat helped but I still feel like he's tired all the time. He doesn't have diarrhea anymore but its not always solid like it should be. He eats just fine and loves his chicken (that I make) treats. I've been feeding him dry science diet food but after reading the postings I'm not sure if I should be.

What I'm wondering is this. I'm sure he got contaminated but what do doctors normally do. Give them more antibiotics? I could go to get blood tests done but not sure if its even worth it. Will doctors just send us home again with meds? I'm wondering if I just keep feeding him like I have, will he be ok or is it mandatory that he gets treated in order for him to recover completely? Thanks for any help. karenwsu@yahoo.com

Rox  says:
2 years ago

April 22nd, 2007, 2:23pm, my white shepard Trigger earned his wings, Columbus Anmial Hospital, NJ. He was truly our best buddy for nearly 10 years. He was vibrant, playfull, healty right up to about the last two months of his precious life. I first noticed that his breathing seemed to be as if he had the sniffles or something. I always fed him purina since he was 5 weeks old, but then one day Walmart did not have purina prime cuts so i bought purina natural choice, with natural vitiams and minerals. My usal store Acme where i mostly shopped from carried happytails dryfood and i started buying that since acme seem to always be out of the purina prime cuts, i didn't notice a problem with happytails at all, but i still noticed the sniffelling, so i decided to get Trigger some dog bisquits with vitamins and minerals, he was not to crazy about them. So i just kept buying the purina natural choice dry food thinking he was getting the best. He seem to sometimes be getting better sort to say but i felt something still wasn't the same about him. I then noticed bleeding from his mouth and i got really scared and a friend of mine helped me take him to the vet in town, but because i was so nervous and upset the vet refused to look at him because i did not have an appointment and he said the only way he would examine Trigger is if i could write a check or had a credit card, which both i do not have, i had cash in my pocket, he upset my dog so much my dog pooped on the floor. I got mad at my friend for bringing me their to such a heartless doctor. My friend brought us back home, had this person had asked if i had cash instead of check or credit i may have known what was going on at least with Trigger. So i did not know where the bleeding was coming from so i assumed maybe a broken tooth never knowing that there tongue gets envoled, so then i go out and buy pedigree healthy senior adult pouches just in case he can't chew the natural choice purina dry food. That seem to work i didn't notice anymore bleeding from his mouth but what i did notice is that he could not get enough water so then i started getting spring water for him since he was drinking so much water. He liked that and seem to like the pedigree pouches too. I thought everything was going to be okay with him, he wasn't bleeding anymore and was still a very hamsome dog with life. I started feeling funny about the purina choice dog food and remember how well happytail dry adult food worked for him, so that is the last bag i bought for him, towards the end he would not eat it, instead he tried everyway to cover it up. The final food i bought was the pedigree adult lamb end rice. He ate it, i noticed his last bowel movetment was dark and loose, he did pee one last time and wanted unlimitted amounts of water although at the end he wss not able to drink. Trigger held on to life because he knew our love for him, and he was just returning it, he even extended his paw out to me and as weak he was, he walked over to me and hung his head as if to say goodbye, he took his last bowel movement and went and laid down next to his dog house. I then knew something was terribly wrong just by the way he fell off the porch when i was taking him out. The hospital said he broke his leg. The hardest part was saying bye and thanking him for being my son and i, best buddie forever and always, he was able to listen and i saw the saddness in his eyes that he was not ready, but thanks to wheat glutten he did not have much of a choice. It has been a month and i still can not stop crying. The hospital said all his organs were shutting down. I thank God for bringing Trigger into our life and i know their is a dog heaven, rest in peace, Trigger, you will be missed.

Truly,

Justin and Rox

LisaB  says:
2 years ago

We lost our pal, Kirby, last July. He was a healthy 12 year old Austrailian Shepard/Lab mix. We had always fed him Nutro Lamb & Rice. His symptoms started with pacing and panting on a Friday night. Since he was afraid of storms, we thought the weather might be to blame. By Saturday afternoon, he was starting to walk in tight circles and wouldn't eat or drink. He quickly progressed to seemingly becoming blind and deaf by Saturday night. We had been on the phone to the emergency vet who at this point told us to bring him in. We could hardly get him in the car. The emergency vet said it was probably a brain tumor (how could it come on so quickly??) and there was nothing they could do for him. We had to put our little man down that night and lost our best friend. Now that I read all of these postings, I think he probably died from his dog food, not a brain tumor that had "suddenly appeared". Has anyone else had these type of neurological symptoms with their dogs?

AskSusanPeters  says:
2 years ago

Kim,

The pet foods you mentioned each have questionable content. I think it is a very wise decision to place her on homemade. Homemade might not be good in the long run. Please check into supplements for her, as well.

Susan

susan  says:
2 years ago

our dogs eat Iams mini chunks-- and the cat sneaks some-- all three are sick this week-- the cat is acting like he got into nicotine or chocolate--- cns is affected-- and drinking is weird--- then the one dog threw up all day-- and the other dog has a spot on her rear that is bloody and all of them are acting like they are so thristy -- the vet says no recall on Iams-- but this is the only common denominator between three of our four animals -- the forth never touches the iams-- and they are always healthy- but now all are sick?! we discontinued the Imas as of today and are on Hills prescription for digestiona nd the cats are limited to their science diet! I knwo the Ima sis the problem! there si nothing else and the dogs have digestive problems awhiel the cat had CNS problems.... all can be relative to poison! oh, the cats symptoms stopped when we took the Iams dog food from him... and yes, I know he shouldnt eat it but it was not dangerous and it was only as a treat.

Mac  says:
2 years ago

Hi Susan, My Boxer just recently died on Memorial Day weekend,now my Bassett Hound is severly ill.Yes,I was to the vet,waiting on blood test and urinalysis results.My question is,since I've been feeding them the recalled dogfood.First,is there a class action lawsuit and if so can you post a phone number or address.Secondly,do you know what menu foods policy is if your pet is sick or dies ?

John Richardson  says:
2 years ago

Our Short Haired German Pointer, named Cookie, died a few weeks ago. The vet said it was all of the symptoms associated with the tainted dog food recall. She had only been feed Puppy Chow, which was not on the recall list, so we didn't know how she contacted the poison. However, just yesterday we discovered a bag of Ol' Roy Dinner Rounds in our neighbor's garage----it had been torn into and partially eaten. What can all of us who have lost our pets do about this????

darren  says:
2 years ago

good stuff

abaler  says:
2 years ago

Susan,

What a terrific resource you've put together here! Thanks so much for your efforts. I've switched my Pugs over to home-made dog food, and I'm working on assembling various home-made dog food recipes appropriate for Pugs to share with the community. Anyways, your page is a great one-stop-resource on this issue -- bravo!

Michelle

http://www.UltimatePug.com

Shirley  says:
2 years ago

We have always fed our 6 year old German Shepard Nutro Brand Dog food. In July he started sniffing the food and refuse to eat it. I'm not sure why. We had taking him to the vet in July and were told he was very healthy. We started mixing in cans with his dry dog food and he would eat it. About an hour later he acted very strange. We hadn't seen any recalls on nutro dog food so we continued to purchase it and feed it to him. We had noticed that he would eat anything except this dog food. For approx 2 weeks we fed him regular food and he was fine. We then put him back on the Nutro and once again he was acting very strange. Loss of appetite , extremely thirsty, very lethargic. Believing that it was a safe product and very good for him we wouldn't change brands.My husband was going to call the vet on Sept 13th as the evening of the 12th we noticed that he wouldn't respond to our calling. We laid down beside him and kept patting him and hugging him and he just wanted to lay down. I woke up the morning of September 13th to find him dead. I would like the food tested and I'm not sure where to send it. Can anyone tell me if there is a place to have it checked? My children, my husband and myself are heartbroken.

We lost our best friend.

AskSusanPeters  says:
2 years ago

Vera,

Do what you would do with bad milk, throw it out.

Susan

AskSusanPeters  says:
2 years ago

Nikki,

Thank you so much for sharing your story. With all this pet food scare we have lost a lot of hope. Thank you for giving us hope!

Susan

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2 years ago

Glenn  says:
2 years ago

Recently bought my dog a 60 oz box of Milk Bone Brand Flavor Snack biscuits for mall and medium size dogs. Each cookie we gave him, he vomited back and up and couldn't understand what was going on as he tolerated this variety of snack well. Finally, we realized it was the box of Flavor Snacks. We gave him the regular milk bone treats and he was fine. This box (obviously) was bad and watch out for bad milk bone bisquits. I will call Delmonte on Monday. They don't have a customer service center open on the weekend.

MARINA GANDARA  says:
2 years ago

GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU MY GOG IS A YEAR AND A HALF SHES A PITT BULL AND SHE HAD TO PUPPIES NOW ONE OF THE PUPPIES DIED BUT BEFORE THE DOGS DIDNT WANT TO EAT THE FOOD THAT I BOUGHT THEM WHICH IS A BAG OF DRY FOOD THAT IS ALPO NOW SHE DIED AND NO THE MOM AND THE OTHER PUPPIE DOESNT WANT TO EAT BUT THY ARE DRINKING ALOT OF WATER NOW IS IT THE FOOD OR IS THE DOGS SAD BECAUSE ONE HAS DIED

barbara  says:
17 months ago

Both of my dogs started vomiting after eating Purina Kibblesv'n Bits dry. We had taken them off of Ol' Roy from WalMart because they were vomiting occasionaly. I thought that the American made dog food from Purina would be good, but it was worse than Ol' Roy from China. It's a shame when you can't even buy food for your dog without something like this.

Brian  says:
15 months ago

After spending the last 12 months battling the damage done to my dog by Ol' Roy dog food, both in pouches and jerky strips, my best friend, Bugsy died in my arms. He died from kidney and liver failure.

douglas stansell  says:
13 months ago

i buy me some o roys dog food on 10/17/08 and my poor little pug jake died on me and i couldnt find out why intil now he was real sick after he eat this dog food intil then he was real active and was playing and having funn now he gone and my heart is broke i miss him so much he was the world to me so what do i do now this is bull shit that walmart can sell something like this they should be sued over this too

Anna Gates  says:
9 months ago

I'm glad to help anybody anywhere. May I help you?

Jan Smith  says:
7 months ago

I got worried about IAMS and recently switched my dogs to WELLNESS. Now my 2 year old Samoyed with champion bloodlines is at the emergency hospital fighting for his life. He got sick just like all of these other dogs right after I fed him Wellness. He wouldn't eat , lethargic, his blood work is coming back with liver failure. Is no dog food safe?? Please pray that he makes it. He is hanging on!